This week Griffin Allman joins the podcast to talk about his mixed media assemblages that combine a variety of materials and approaches of mark making.
Griffin is part of the two-person exhibition Withholding with Marie B. Gauthiez Withholding at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago, opening Saturday November 8th from 5-8PM.
Griffin was selected as a 2024 Studio Break Student Competition podcast winner by our juror Natalie Pivoney.
Read MoreThis week Jason Lipow joins the podcast to talk about his interdisciplinary practice that explores a range of found media to create painting, sculpture, and installation work.
Jason was selected work was selected for our 2024 Studio Break Professional Competition by Marc Mitchell, Curator & Director of Exhibitions at the University of Arkansas.
Read MoreThis week Jo Locke joins the podcast to discuss her studio practice exploring social practice and collaborative works in a wide variety of traditional and found materials.
Jo’s work will be featured in the group exhibition, Only Dust Know’s What’s Left Behind, at Presa House Gallery.
Jo was selected as a 2024 Studio Break Student Competition podcast winner by our juror Natalie Pivoney.
Read MoreJune 27, 2025
This week Eric Anthony Berdis joins the podcast to talk about his work, which utilizes found fabric to create soft sculpture and installation works that explore queer history, identity, and activism.
Eric currently has a two person exhibition titled “Entity Cramming” with Soso Capaldi entitled “Entity Cramming” at Grizzly Grizzly in Philadelphia on view through July 27th.
Studio Break is pleased to have Eric’s work selected as part of our 2023 Studio Break Professional Competition by Jeff Stevenson, Artist & Gallery Director at Governors State University.
Read MoreMay 9, 2025
This week Jodi Hays joins the podcast to talk about her collage paintings that explore a wide range of materials and techniques.
Jodi has a solo exhibition “To Harden and Heal” opening at Johnson Lowe Gallery, May 9 - June 28th. Upcoming group exhibitions at Tennessee Gallery (Atlanta, GA) opening May 9 and the 2024 Studio Break Invitational at Studio Break Gallery, opening July 12th 6-8 PM, the exhibition runs through August 2nd.
Jodi’s work was selected for our 2024 Studio Break Professional Competition by Marc Mitchell, Curator & Director of Exhibitions at the University of Arkansas.
Read MoreFebruary 28, 2025
This week Jan Brandt joins us once again to talk about her vibrant and colorful mixed media and site specific installation works that combine painting, fabric, and mixed media.
Jan has an exhibition entitled “Between Stillness and Growth ” that opens Friday March 7th 6-8PM at The Camp Gallery in North Miami FL; the exhibition runs March 7th- April 4th.
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2025
This week Madison Varns joins the podcast to talk about her studio work, which explores the mundane through mixed media painting and ceramic forms.
Madison’s work was selected by Studio Break host David Linneweh as part of the 2022 Studio Break Student Competition.
Read MoreNovember 1, 2024
This week Barbara Campbell Thomas joins the podcast to talk about mixed media abstract paintings that utilize a variety of stitched fabric and acrylic paint.
Barbara’s solo exhibition Heart of Space opens Saturday Nov 9th at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago from 5-8PM and runs through November 30th.
Barbara’s work was selected for our 2022 Studio Break Professional Competition by Jason Franz, Artist & Director of Manifest in Cincinnati.
Read MoreAugust 23, 2024
This week Elliot Bowers sat down with Dave & Johnny Disco to discuss Elliot’s new exhibition “Displacement” at Purple Window Gallery, at Mana Contemporary in Chicago.
Read MoreApril 19, 2024
This week Sally C. Garner joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of her studio practice, beginning with photography which led way to an interest in sculpture, installation, fiber and most importantly weaving.
Sally is featured in the Two-Person Exhibition “Process/Symbiosis” with Jason Rafferty at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago, April 20th-May 11th with an opening reception on Saturday April 20th from 5-8PM.
Read MoreDecember 8th, 2023
This week Amy Reidel returns to the podcast to talk about her recent mixed media and installation based works that combine abstract and figurative elements to explore the relationship between being a caregiver during a period of global turmoil.
Read MoreDecember 1st, 2023
This week Jeff Stevenson joins us to talk about his work that explores ideas of masculinity and the self through a variety of media that includes painting, sculpture, and installation.
Jeff also talks about his the exhibition “Cross-Section: the many faces of Jeff Stevenson” that opens at Studio Break Gallery with receptions on Sunday Dec 3rd from 2-5 PM and Sat Dec 9th from 4-8 PM.
Read MoreThis week Noah Kashiani joins the podcast to discuss his studio practice that explores mixed media painting and sculptural forms. In the episode Noah breaks down his recent works that use found objects and various processes/materials to create mixed media works that examine consumer culture and late state capitalism.
Noah has a solo exhibition “Built Similarly” that opens on Saturday September 9th from 5-8 PM at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago.
Read MoreThis week Erin Raedeke joins the podcast to talk about her colorful paintings based off of observation that explore a variety of subjects that include still life, interior, landscape, and portraiture.
Erin has a solo exhibition “46 Years” that opens on Saturday July 22nd from 5-8 PM at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago. The show will feature 46 4” x 6” paintings, each one based off one of her 46 years of life. Works are available and can be reviewed on the gallery page.
Read MoreThis week Lillian Young joins the podcast to talk about her work, which utilizes lost or forgotten moments of Black history through painting and mixed media installation works.
Lillian currently has work in the exhibition She/Her, at Ro2 Art Gallery in Dallas (TX) through April 29th as well as an upcoming solo exhibition at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center in June of 23’.
Read MoreThis week Kellie Lehr joins the podcast to talk about her studio practice, which explores painting, installation, site specific works, and collaborative performance.
Kellie has an exhibition opening at Boswell Mourot Fine Art that opens June 10th - July 1st with an artist talk taking place June 30th.
Read MoreThis week Erin Castellan joins the podcast to talk about her mixed media paintings that use a variety of fabric, stitching, and embroidery. Erin currently has an exhibition entitled: Weaving Small Nets to Capture Life, on view through December 23 at Tracey Morgan Gallery in Asheville (NC).
Read MoreBill Conger joins the podcast to talk about his sculptural works that incorporate a wide range of found materials that are repurposed and configured to give them new life. In the episode we talk in depth about his new solo exhibition entitled “Gold” that opens at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago on Saturday October 15th, from 5-8 PM.
Read MoreThis week Jonathan Virginia Green joins the podcast to discuss his recent paintings that combine a variety of materials to “explore mechanisms of desire, pleasure, and transformation that are oriented within his experience as a queer transgender male”.
Read MoreThis week Paolo Arao joins the podcast to discuss his colorful abstract paintings that are mixed media and include a variety of fabric and textile materials.
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